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🇩🇴 I'm a Technical Program Manager and Content Strategist with an MSc in UXD. I help developers become better content creators and DevRel teams build robust content programs.
I didn't argue to the contrary! ;) Like any other skill, technical writing requires a lot of consistency and repetition to get good at it (as you point out). But as you imagine, there's more to writing than "sounding good" on a page, and that's an important thing to highlight—technical writers care about the user experience and their skillset reflects that! :)
If you want to be a good writer, find a job where your work is reviewed by an editor. I still get dinged every once in a while for some sloppy passages.
🇩🇴 I'm a Technical Program Manager and Content Strategist with an MSc in UXD. I help developers become better content creators and DevRel teams build robust content programs.
To be fair I think spending time to write constantly helps alot. While devouring the book like "On Writing Well" is really a good reference point.
I didn't argue to the contrary! ;) Like any other skill, technical writing requires a lot of consistency and repetition to get good at it (as you point out). But as you imagine, there's more to writing than "sounding good" on a page, and that's an important thing to highlight—technical writers care about the user experience and their skillset reflects that! :)
If you want to be a good writer, find a job where your work is reviewed by an editor. I still get dinged every once in a while for some sloppy passages.
100% this. Working with editors is the topic of my next newsletter.